The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-07
THE WORLDS LAST ISLANDER.

THE WORLDS LAST ISLANDER.
A DEPUTY LIAR OF THE JUNK JOUR-
NAE TRIES HIS HAND.
TIE Authsr OF the Dexter Bank Fake Does
his weyst-The sseakine Tactics OF Hun
sry Jee's Agents-Coi. Fellows Suggests
that Burglar would be an Ornament to
his Personal stsn-The Probable Vote.
The junk Journal was OF 1t again yester-
day, and the pitiful weakness Of its attempts
TO make case against Col. Follows was en-
phasized by yesterdays publication. 1t really
disappointed expectation. Everybody looked
for lie, but then Il was thought that good
lie was easily enough tod In the Liars O'on.
But the ratified condition Of the managers Of
tho campaign Of SANDER is worse even than
has been suspected, and yesterday they adver-
tised the poverty OF their resources even In the
direction OF lying. which were supposed to be IL
limitable. They have been forced to resort to
the use Of an exploded and used-up lie that
has been so thoroughly discredited that oven
II presented in o plausible form It would at
tract little attention and no belief But 1t Is
not even Dlausibly presented The story Is
one that has been several times worked over
By the Pulitzer pirates. that Col. Fellows VS.
tied Montreal last February and was in fire.
quent communication with John Keenan,. one
Of the exiled boodlers. and their recognized
chief in brains and diplomacy. The new
stills on which this chestnut is presented
are alleged special dispatches from Montreal
purporting to give an account Of an interview
with Keenan,. He Ia represented as guilelessly
falling into conversation with the emissary Of
the junk journal. and describing Col. Fellows
as o friend who had visited Montreal for the
express purpose OF seeing him. and intimat-
ing In other ways more or less mysteriously
that the boodlers considered that no was all
right
To attribute such simple mindedness to II
man that they characterize as a Bismarck ="
and the brains OF the boodlers Is sufficiently
silly to indicate the whole character Of the
fake. But, II anything more is necessary, the
fact that It Ii the work Of the same hand that
presented tho Dexter Bank robbery case as the
Worlds own achievement in detective methods
settles tho question thoroughly.
The facts about Col. Fellows visit to Montreal
were fully exploited long ago. when the atten-
ton called to It was merely the result of the
ordinary sensationalism Of the paper stock
wholesaler. The visit was made In carnival
season, when hundreds Of New Workers and
citizens Of other parts OF the States were guests
Of tho Canadian city. and participants In the
sports OF that winter capital. The Colonels
party consisted Of his wife. Miss Webb Of Wash
ington Heights, and Col. Allen Of the Aston
House with his wife. who are also nelgkbors Of
Col Fellows
The question Of the rooms at the Windsor
hotel was also fully gone into at the time the
story was started. and 1t was shown that Col.
Follows had rooms on the first floor near the
oface. while Keenan's were on the third floor.
instead o. .as the fake special reports Keenan,
A. ssZthg, both being on the same floor: The
a IS d at paSo
Eslios VS. and Ksenan. render il impossibie that
days publication, without the fact being
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il tSetics. Il Knows that its lake viii be de.
soms unsuspScfin reader may be dslnded by by
spsssds y out assin untl # e 80 thin that
pose. though scarcely hoping that IT will be
SUCCESSFUL. He is enxious to provoke some
to telegraph to Canada for denial OF the story.
Then the World would be able to come out and
h9Hl ah o'nn the boodsrs coming to the rescue
"A Sun repertsr; ieurneyed to Washington ,ssh To-,
svs s and iSstS street. Whie awaiting his
cason Of Ss asrhts does mot project o
didats from many Of the apnoya;netIs OF 20,
have called st the Colonies modest house has
been something remarkable for that quiet
nsIghoorhood. - :, .u ,..
told with some amusement and more indigna-
ton. Betore O'Clock on Saturday morning
way into tie kitchen and attempted to get into
confidential relations with the cook. She Won
dered st his questioning when he asked par
the style Of living Of the family, and endeavored
TO and out yhat butchers. groGers. and other
But suddenly she remembered that he had
applied at the front door about week pre-;
that hs was s1 reporter Of the Pulitzer pattern.
The frste cook iptimated that II he had any
had kettle Of hot water on the stove was
the same kind was the visit at half-past /
Ssss assr 81 and
vas Offset ~ hts brutal treatment Zen Of Mrs Eel
bell should awaken her husband.
The follow said that 1t had been learned
down town that tho Colonel had not kept any
Of his appointments at Saturday night meet;
ings. and that II was rumored that he had
abandoned the canvass and left town. He af-
fected to disbelieve her assurance that her
husband was up stairs and asleep In bed. But
she refused to accede to his demand that he
must 500 and speak to the Colonel and finally
got rid Of him.
This conduct was the more inexcusable as
the Information OF the Colonels movements
Avenue Coliseum. and copies the kilograms he
had sent to the meetings he was unable to at-
tend could have been obtained during tho
evening at tho headquarters in Twenty-sixth
street and at the New Amsterdam Club.
When Col. Fellows, returned from church.he
quite thoroughly rested. He intended to stay
1t homo all day. and expected to be himself
Confidently Of the result OF the campaign In
soarss I. e diflSult for ssndIastS ,t to